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  • Title: Women, children, and AIDS.
    Journal: Popul Today; 1995 Apr; 23(4):3. PubMed ID: 12319245.
    Abstract:
    A growing number of the world's women are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and dying of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). 1.4 million women, of an estimated 3.6 million adults who were infected with HIV in 1994, contracted the virus; 44% (1.6 million) of these new adult cases occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, while an equal number occurred in Southeast Asia. 222,000 cases occurred in the industrialized world. Globally, 73 women are infected for every 100 men; however, the gender pattern differs regionally (17 women per 100 men in the US and Canada, 50 women per 100 men in South and Southeast Asia, 67 women per 100 men in the Caribbean, and 110 women per 100 men in sub-Saharan Africa). An estimated 500,000 women died of AIDS in 1994, out of a worldwide AIDS death toll of 1.5 million. In some regions of the world, heterosexual transmission has created a heavy impact on women and children. Of 1,268,000 AIDS deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 1994, 40% were women, 37% were men, and 23% were children. In Southeast Asia, out of 115,000 AIDS deaths, 18% were women, 37% were men, and 45% were children. While adults survive an average of 10 years once infected with HIV, children survive 2 years. The high death rate for children in Southeast Asia may indicate a rising death rate for women. The rate of spread of the disease also varies with region. HIV incidence has plateaued in western Europe, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa, has declined in North America and Oceania, and has risen in Southeast Asia.
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